A/N: Hey, please beware of the wrong typos and grammars of this story. After I finish all the ATL Series, I will go back here and edit it. Thank you!
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Bella Montenegro's POV
"Aurora Isabella Montenegro, such a beautiful name isn't?" I don't know how long Franco stared at me. Stop doing that, Franco. You making me blush. "You can't fool me, Franco Hayden Bergmann." I just rolled my eyes on him. The way he treats me, make me fall deeper to him, but, I'm scared. Falling someone who can't love you back, truly hurts. Franco is my childhood friend, or should I say 'bestfriend'.
Before when we were kids that time, we bathed together, go to school together or even if taking breakfast, lunch or dinner, we do it together, we know our secrets, our tickle spots, how many moles in our bodies have, but, that was before. It's true that you suddenly fall in love with your bestfriend, because, I tried, till now.
We talked about life, our memories together as a 'bestfriend' here at Franco's garden. I suddenly felt vibration on my lap, I thought it's my phone, and it was. "I'll just take this call for a sec." He just nodded and smile. Gosh! Hey, heart! will you beat normally please?! I excused myself from him and went not so far from their garden. Mama was calling and I answered it.
"Hello, Bella? Can you go home now?" My eyes went big what mama said. "Why mama? Is there anything happening there?" I don't have any ideas, what the hell is happening in palazzo.
"Your Papa wants to talk to you."
Why Papa wants to talk to me? Maybe about our company. "Can't it be later? After I visited Franco."
"You know your Papa, he gets what he wants." That spoiled old man. Please give Papa the virtue of patience. "Okay, okay, for the sake of that spoiled old man. I'll just ask Franco to go home." I rolled my eyes. That old man will just waste my time for nothing. I went back to Franco and tell him I'll go home.
"Hey, sorry I can't chitchat with you for long, the duke wants me to go home and just waste my time." I shrugged and rolled my eyes again, Franco chuckled. "Don't talk your parents like that, besides, you will become the next duchess." I raised my left eyebrow.
"None of my wildest dreams, will you take me home? I didn't use my car in getting here, obviously, you picked me up and now, you will drive me back." I smiled at him sheepishly.
"Okay, Your Excellency." After that, he drove me to the palazzo. As I entered the palazzo, a maid greeted me and said. "Signorina, the Excellency is waiting for you at his office, and the duchess is also there." I just nodded at her as a reply, then, I went to his office. I knocked, that old man will get furious if you don't knock first. Psh. "Come in" the freaking duke said, I entered and I coolly closed the door.
"Now what? What's the issue, why am I here? If it's about the company, I didn't hella do anything about it, If it's nonsense, I'm out." I'm a very straightforward person, also blunt. "Will you just sit down first, before you spit that words of yours." Papa authoritatively said. I shrugged my shoulders and took a sit beside mama. "What?"
"You will be married to my bestfriend's son, if you don't, I will cut all of your access or might as well forget you as my daughter."
My eyes went fucking widened and I immediately stood up. "What the fuck? I will be arranged marriage? Are you kidding me?" I froze at my place where I stood.
"Whether you like it, or not, you will follow me!" He just shouted at me. "Until my future? Until my fucking future, you will still fucking control me? How could you? You think, this will be good for me?! It will be never fucking good for me. Bullshit!"
I didn't notice my tears we're falling. "I didn't grew you up, just to say that words to me!" He was about to slap me, Mama held his hand to prevent slapping me. "I don't fucking care, All I care is myself. I am not a puppet to control!" I can't take this anymore, all of my life, he's the only one who will decide for me. Just once, if I can decide what's good for me. I'm fucking tired to be controlled.
"You can't force me to enter that, I'm in love with someone else." With that, I stormed out of his office, I drove to my pad, where my parents don't know the location of this, only Franco and Georgia only knows. Franco, I wish you have the same feelings towards mine. Save me from this distress.
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